National Debt

Sucking At the Hind Tit of a Dead Cow

Another patriot calls his country to arms.

March 25, 2009 | Read More


A Crazy Idea: Listen To The People Who Got It Right

A man who predicted our economic collapse offers new warnings about the current plans to fix it. Maybe we should listen to him this time.

January 26, 2009 | Read More


Stimulus Overload, Part Two

The federal government and a chosen few corporations are siphoning up vast amounts of investment money. That isn’t exactly a stimulus.

January 7, 2009 | Read More


Eight Years Later

Only 13% of Americans are satisfied with our nation’s direction.

January 6, 2009 | Read More


Stimulus Overload

We’re not the only ones saying that more debt-financed government spending is a bad idea.

January 6, 2009 | Read More


Who Says Main Street Isn’t Getting A Bailout?

Quit your whining and get on down to your local General Motors dealer. That’s where you’ll find your bailout money. They’ll loan it back to you–cheap!

December 30, 2008 | Read More


Frying Pan, Meet Fire

An expert in financial disasters looks at the future of the U.S. economy.

December 19, 2008 | Read More


Taking Economics Lessons From … Zimbabwe?

Don’t look now, but our economic policies are starting to look an awful lot like those of a certain African country …

December 3, 2008 | Read More


China Wins! ($585 Billion In I.O.U.’s)

It’s official. An authoritarian communist country is now our biggest, and most important, banker.

November 18, 2008 | Read More


One Paragraph, $800 Billion

Remember the bailout bill before the bailout bill? You know, the housing bailout bill? That bill was about 700 pages. 694 pages to be exact. But one tiny little passage in it, section 3083, had an enormous effect.

November 11, 2008 | Read More


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